Psychosomatic Medicine provides a fresh approach to mastering the concepts and practice of modern consultation-liaison psychiatry for residents, practitioners, and other professionals interested in psychiatric and medical comorbidity.

Features:

• Special topics that include: diagnostic dilemmas, depression as a systemic disease, women's disorders, genetics, sexuality, ethical considerations, drug interactions, evidence based medicine, medical informatics, and many more
• Section openers written by the book editors that tie the chapters together and draw illuminating comparisons between concepts
• Colorful illustrations, case examples, and tables that highlight key points
• A stellar group of over 90 contributors sharing information on their areas of expertise
• The bonus DVD features:
  • The fully searchable complete text and references
  • Nearly 300 multiple choice self-test questions, answers, and explanations
  • 41 Power Point lectures summarizing the material presented in the book for use in your presentations
  • The full version of the Micro-Cares Literature Search System, a software program that allows easy collection, annotation, storage, and retrieval of medical bibliographic citations
  • Sample version of the Micro-Cares Clinical Information System for Consult-Liaison psychiatry, an electronic medical record platform that tracks patient care and documents your patient portfolio
  • Sample version of the Micro-Cares Medical Student Tracking System, a customized software program that documents the teaching experience and complies with the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) requirements that medical schools rigorously document students' clinical and teaching exposure

  Contents

  1. Psychosomatic Medicine: History of a "New" Specialty
  2. An International View of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
  3. Symptoms - Historical Perspective and Effect on Diagnosis
  4. Diagnostic and Classificatory Dilemmas
  5. Depression - A Systemic Illness
  6. Evolution of Measurement
  7. Implications of Culture
  8. Forensic Considerations
  9. Cardiovascular Disease
  10. Oncology
  11. Gastrointestinal Disease
  12. Renal Disease
  13. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  14. Pulmonary Disease
  15. Neurological Disease
  16. Parkinson Disease
  17. Epilepsy
  18. Migraine Headaches
  19. Multiple Sclerosis
  20. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  21. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  22. Stroke
  23. HIV Disease
  24. Infectious Diseases
  25. Burn Injuries
  26. Physical Trauma
  27. Surgical Conditions
  28. Transplantation
  29. Rheumatoid Diseases
  30. Anxiety
  31. Suicidality
  32. Alcoholism
  33. Substance Abuse
  34. Delirium
  35. Dementia
  36. Somatization
  37. Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  38. Conversion Disorders
  39. Hypochondriasis
  40. Factitious Disorders
  41. Women's Health Issues
  42. Pregnancy
  43. Sexuality
  44. Death and Dying
  45. Pain and Palliative Care
  46. Ethical Considerations
  47. Psychotropic Drugs in the Medically Ill
  48. Overview of Drug Interactions in Psychosomatic Medicine
  49. Psychotherapy
  50. Psychodynamic Approach
  51. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  52. Personality Traits and Disorders
  53. Interventions, Outcomes, and Costs
  54. Evidence-Based Medicine
  55. Genomic Testing
  56. Brain Imaging
  57. Medical Informatics

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